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Desert Doughnuts
Posted on September 12, 2009 by Annie!
I woke up around 3:30 in the morning, but I still feel unproductive, in the homework sense. I was supposed to write a paper comparing to of Kafka's short stories, but I was compiling my ideas and I just could not keep my eyes open any longer.  I made my errands which I will not bore you with,

except for the part where I found out I will have one, even more F U L L, semester left at grossmont, due to a no longer existing winter intersession, THANK YOU BUDGET CUTS! yes.

I open tomorrow, I will probably listen to something filled with lots angst, teen angst?

Sometimes when I'm feeling nice, I will listen to sigur ros. But I also

like how I feel when I listen to DMX before work.

I just want to say, short opening shifts, like today, completed with KL Doughnuts are great! But managers who tell me to say thank you too every customer..not so great.
After reading, A report to an academy, it makes me feel even better that I show how I actually feel most of the time I'm at work. If I don't want to say thank you to everyone, then I won't, If a customer annoys me, they will know it. It's better than wearing this mask, right? Ughhh, liesssss.dljgosf





ANYWAY, Speaking of doughnuts, Jeff and I went to Krispy Kreme  doughnuts recently and got a dozen of assorted doughnuts! We ate them all by the end of the night. NO. I had one
one and I had a stomach ache the rest of the night, as did Jeff. They look so pretty, but they are quite evil. I would definitely eat them again though, of course.



Tomorrow is going to be a good day, I get off of work at 1230, Jeff

will probably just be waking up, so we can finally spend the day

together. I just wish I had my camera with me, I have been waiting to get it back from my brother who took it to New York. I am going to have all these false memories on my camera, teasing me.





Bedtime,


Seriously.
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Get yourself an education
Posted on August 30, 2009 by Annie!
Posted on August 30, 2009 at 5:42 by
Grossmont started on monday, so far so good..
I meant to post this a few days ago.

Monday/Wednesday
Biology: my teacher is a wild hog with a slightly feminine voice.
WAY TO LONG OF A BREAK! Result: Trip to Jamba Juice (an Many more to come), grass sitting, chatting with Barbara and Juan. Going to the second floor of the library to people watch and escape the heat. Everyone was on facebook, some were checking out some not so hot girls myspace pics. Really? in the school library?
NOTE: Will myspace pictures be referred to as facebook pictures now? I feel like Myspace pics had is just a common saying now, maybe it's just me..
Sociology: way too crowded of a room: Two really cool large black women with attitude and super great hairstyles. 
English: SUCH a good teacher, I can tell already. I am glad I dropped my other class last semester and waited. My teacher is a younger guy with a lisp and a ponytail, and he is seems very interested in the arts. He gave us an assignment where we could analyze any movie, art piece, show or song. I am almost finished with my analysis of the Dexter introduction. 
Math: This woman is left handed and writes extremely loud on the whiteboard. She is stressful because she acts like she is on crack most of the time, but not in the good kind of "on crack." Jessica Isaac and Juan are in my class, if it weren't for them,  I would love to drop it.

Tuesday/ Thursday:
3D Design: good teacher, popped popcorn, then we molded a piece of popcorn out of clay. Now we have to take an ordinary object and abstract it..like Claes Oldenberg. 
Drawing: HIGH SCHOOL ALL OVER AGIAN. These gross mission beach rats are in my class, normally I would see them in my art class because they were ditching some other class of theirs. Also  we are doing the most rudimentary things, I don't want to draw trees, vases and bottles anymore! My teacher is really nice though, she was playing Sigur Ros, mum, air, etc. I was really angry that she was playing all of those artists because that is winter/ night time music, and listening to those in the summer heat when the sun is shining through the windows weakens the songs. But it will be nice if she plays them when its finally gloomy and slightly cold outside. 
OH yea, buying art supplies sucks, but I could spend forever in Blick. 
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Sea ghost
Posted on August 21, 2009 by Annie!
Well, my life at sea world has officially ended as of this evening. It
was my third summer painting faces and giving airbrush tattoos, and I
am glad I am finished! I don't know how people could stay at such a
place all year round, especially with the uniform:
  
Pants: Navy blue, provide plenty of room for front bum, often leaving
the normal sized individual with  a large amount of unused fabric,
resulting in a bulge once in the seated position.
  Shirt: Three
colors are available for the polo shirt, navy blue, maroon, and red. If
you really want to make it look like you work in a theme park, wear the
bright red.
  Name tag: One underaged Annie, legal Annie's, one legal Autmn, and or Athena to complete the look.

Although, I do have to say I will miss:
_SLEEPING IN
_Not having to work at starbucks for days and days.
_Morning/afternoon drives to sea world: Passion tea and good music.
_Talking with caricature artists
_ Larger than Starbucks paychecks.
_ Fresh air
_ Counting money while listening to Vanessa Carlton and 98 degrees in the park.

But I will not miss:
_Arm tan and less tan legs
_Dirty hands and fingernails
_Sea world daytime playlist: consisting of funeral music and sleep music
_The same sea wold music for three summers now, consisting of: bon jovi and journey (the worst!!)
_OBESE people everywhere!
_My supervisor who stole my paintbrushes, sunglasses, and scarf.
_Questions like, "are the tattoos real?"
 -yes, yes they are.
oh and,
_"Will the face paints smear if they go on shipwreck rapids, or the splash zone?"
-"No, the face paint doesn't come off in water,  I recommend the front row of the Shamu show."
_8 hour shifts, resulting in exhaustion.

I
think I have worked to long when I can see the company starting to
crumble. Each year is worst than the previous, I keep going because I
have hope that it will be better the next year. But when my commission
rate is dropped, when I see the lies of the company, when they let
Anyone be a lead or supervisor, supplies are not available when needed,
and when the blame is put on us for not getting people to buy a
temporary face paint (too much sitting?)..It makes me not want to work
for them again.
 
BUT
School starts monday, I have been
waiting to go back all summer, but now that it almost here, it seems so
strange to go back. I am really excited to start school again though.
This semester is going to be a test to see how many units I can handle.
So I am starting with eighteen, and I hope I can finish with eighteen,
hopefully with A's and B's.
Jessica Isaac and Juan will be in my math class, that should be interesting..

Today: Starbucks at 6:30am.
Parents away for the weekend.

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I know the way.
Posted on August 16, 2009 by Annie!
 Yesterday, I went to San Jose..
Kidding, this isn't the freaking Gordon Biersch training manual.BUT there
is a Gordon Biersch in SJ, as well as the SJ Airport..I could smell the
Garlic fries.

SOME SAN JOSE__MOMENTS.

     

OH GOD

o  Being alone with my mom in San Jose.

o  If my plane crashed, would I have to share the oxygen mask
    with this old man or would he let me take it for myself?
    I still have my youth!
o  What will
my mother say today?
o  Half of my headphones decided to stop working.

YEAH!

o  First sight of Adobe Corporate Headquarters from a distance.
o  Adobe UP CLOSE + Cool Banners! (Almost as cool as the AI
    Sticker Jeff Micklos got for me)
o  Driving past: Indian, Thai, Frozen Yogurt, Cafe's (+Crepes), and a
    brand new cupcake shop.
o  Not seeing a single starbucks.
o  Cheap vegan food.
o  Cafe connected to student library with sandwiches named after books.
o  Veggie sandwich called the secret garden + strawberry Italian soda
o  Sitting outside next to a pretty library.
o  Walking around SJSU
o  Nice dorm buildings (-Freshman)
o  Realizing that I can bike to any location, like the museum,
    grocery store, cupcake place etc..just not the mall.
o  EVERYTHING IS SO CLEAN!!

ARE YOU FOR REAL?

o  Mot
hers extremely loud cell phone going off in the museum,then conversing.
o  "Eww it looks like a bunch of bodies are stuffed in a box, I don't like that"
o  What did you think mom? " I can't stand to look at it, it is all so ugly,
how can people call that art?" blah blah blah..how are you my mother.?
o  Mother not wanting to get burritos.


YEAHH NNOOO, NOT COOL

o Pretty buildings on campus, minus freshman dorms
    (don't care) and Art Building (care deeply!) Just because art majors
    like t
o paint+ doesn't mean each side of the building has to
    be a different color.
It should not resemble a shack, in comparison
    to other buildings, either.
o  First, locals. Second, nor cal. Third, So Cal. Hopefully I can
    maintain above a 3.0 these next two semesters.

o  If freaking locals an nor cal fill all the slots, I cannot get in!
o  Finally after arriving to the cupcake shop, I only had two options,
    the case being nearly empty!
    Jeff Micklos,
I really wanted to bring you home a cup cake, but they
    didn't have cool flavors.

o  Letting my mom hold the map to find the shopping mall.
    Mistake! She lied and told me to get off at the wrong stop,
    which resulted in a dangerous walk to the mall. I should have
    checked, but I shouldn't have to double check everything she does!
o  GAP went all American Apparel.


A BIT OF SAN JOSE
 


SJSU (part of it)



Bad quality picture for a bad quality building. But I do
judge by how things look, I am sure it is amazing inside.



Walkin the streets of San J.



Or am I in Stars Hollow?



The Convention center
Still trying to pinpoint what this reminds me of, so far
all I have is an old Fever Sleeve design for a CD cover.
A wolf or bear clawing through the cover
..sounds cool, yes?
It wasn't my idea.



Museum of Art. Building behind it looks like a backdrop.



Me with almost Mondrian.

San Jose is no San Francisco, but I think it's a good place. I can Visit SF when I want to see Juan..or if I don't want to see him. I really hope I can get into the school there because I want to experience living outside of my parents house and outside of San Diego. Jeff, I think you may like it here, not as much as SF, of course, but there are some good things.


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Colorado.
Posted on July 25, 2009 by Annie!
After 18 days in a row of either 
/making coffee
/painting faces/
/making more coffee/
/painting more faces
I got to relax and go on a much needed vacation to Fort Collins and Denver, Colorado. Although I would have rather visited San Francisco, or finally take that trip to see what San Jose is like, I enjoyed going to another state. 

THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING 
_ Watching Justin Timberlake's Futuresex/Loveshow in a baller yukon while driving on gunclub st.
_ Coors Brewery: Help bringing families together from smelling hops to sampling glasses of beer. 
_ Seeing bike racks that reminded me of a less cooler version of David Byrne's
_ Not getting completely soaked while white water rafting. Also, being served Fajitas and PB&J in the      middle of a rafting trip. Fajitas? 
_ Being a witness to how much my brothers eat for dinner. I don't know which would be more filling, a grand slam with a side of 5 eggs, or a burger with a side of pancakes. 
_ Stomach ache from laughing too hard at family dinner
_ Gran Torno
_ Going to the gym with my little brother who I no longer know. 
_ Writing/ reading in the dimly lit hotel lobby due to an inability to sleep.
_ Going to a smoke/music store [home of the perfect ICP poster for Jeff Mickos] as a family, where my mother was exposed to another world. 
_ Witnessing a minor Denver STORM while watching Taken while chatting with JEFF MICKLOS after registering for new semester.
_ Horseback riding, but not really.
_ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK because it was cold and windy and it looked like Iceland. This was easily my favorite part of the vacation, and the most simple. 
LOOK:



[THIS EASILY BEATS HORSEBACK RIDING AND WHITEWATER RAFTING]
[Jeff, I took this one for you]
_ Visited, but did not 
tour, the Stanley Hotel
 
_Waffle with strawberries and granola. Mmm.
_Stranded in an airport with Janine Szafranski for two hours. 
_FINALLY SEEING JEFF MICKLOS AFTER 5 DAYS!!!!!!!

_Holding Jeff's hand again
_Getting Burritos and going to our spot, which was taken over by children
_Going to Parkway Plaza, where Jeff showed me a super bro store, right next to NOTW.
_ No curfew
_Jamba Juice, where Jessica Isaac works and gives discounts to cool frequent [but not customer of the month] customers  and cousins. 
_Downtown, the freaks were out. This time, its Twilight Versus Comic-Con. SO MUCH CONFUSION, So many people, too many people. Bad bad costumes and dumb twilight fans who were handed crowns similar to the crowns burger king used to have. COOL.

It was extremely nice leaving my parents [and Colorado] early and spending time with Jeff Micklos because I got to feel independent again, and for a little I got to be free from their wake-up calls and nagging. Most of the time I was on  vacation, I was just counting down the days until I got to see Jeff Micklos.
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Today, I'm a well designed work of art.
Posted on July 12, 2009 by Annie!

PT. I
I was finally able to see my boyfriend in the sunlight again!
Lately we have both been working (!) and have only been able to hang out in the evening, like freaking vampires (ehhh) or something. 
It felt nice to eat burritos (me, very messily) on the kensington bench, across from good 'ole keegan and his posse. 
The sunlight rained on us, unless an eagle or falcon was just peeing on us, either way, obviously we didn't mind, so we continued to lay down.
Our day ended with free slurpees, Piebald, and Kisses. 
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh :)

 PT. II
There are those friendships that can only be revisited within a certain time period, and I feel that Juan is the perfect example. Tonight, I met up with Juan, Barbara, Cat Katie, and I really enjoyed it. 
I think I was just happy to see them because I haven't seen them in a really long time, and it feels nice to talk to old friends my age again, especially since I usually isolate myself from them, but surround myself with better people at the same time.  
I realized that all three of them together make a good combination that I can tolerate and laugh with, opposed to the last time I met up with Juan and a not so good friend.
I think I enjoyed tonight so much because I was more open. I like that we all have our own different interests, and personalities, compared to each other, but are still able to laugh and enjoy previous experiences, and just the time spent. 
I'm not sure if tonight was a rare event, or if I could feel the same way more often, but so far, every so often seems good. 
I always think of daily instances similarly to a work of art, there has to be both unity and diversity in the painting or design to make it well balanced. Today was an overall good day, that included work, good time with jeff, as well as a not so frequent visit with old friends. 
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Happy networking
Posted on July 1, 2009 by Annie!
I made a mental not to send this to Jeff after discussing Zooey Deschanel on the car ride home tonight, and because Jim Carrey is in the clip too. Gina, since you finished season II of weeds, you might be into it, since she is practically the same character. This is really the only part of the movie worth watching.
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The start of summer
Posted on June 15, 2009 by Annie!
I was making a collection for webtape, so here we go:

June 3
Jeff and I played in kensington together. We ate some Bomb burritos, skateboarded / had a skater boi  photo shoot, and showed kensington cafe employees how poor we were by paying for coffee with change from a cup and a broken wallet. 
When I got home, scotty boy and I listened to some rage against the machine while fixing my skateboard, it felt goood!  I had the whole day off, and it felt great because I didn't have to worry about anything, or anything work related.  Gina and katy came over and we watched the season finale of Make me a supermodel and my favorite model, Branden, won. Ahh good day. 

June 4

Little bro graduated from lame Saint therese. They managed to make the ceremony last for two hours, with only a class of 25 kids. An old man gave a pointless speech and awards were given, but they were all different names for the same thing. I was bored so I took some pics, this one is my favorite:




Don't worry, Scotty boy is going to a better school now with a 100% boy population, along with a 100% ridiculous tuition for a high school

June 6th (?)

My boyfriend and I hung out at balboa park where we saw posters of megan martin everywhere, and it was too weird so we left and got thai pizza from CPK! Then, we were just chillin in kensington cafe, and walking around and it was goooood. 

Jeff {I do drive/I don't want to hear it}

He had to paint some business cards, so we painted together. 


2 (?) days later
We loved painting so much the first night, we decided to do it again. This time, drinking was involved, serious business. I think this was the night I was locked outside with no answered phone calls, of course I had to work super early the next day. Jeff was so kind to drive me back to his house to watch a little bit of Independence Day, until Janine ruined the moment with a text message. 
I really enjoy painting with Jeff. 

June 10th

I went to disneyland with Janine, Katy, and Gina, but since Gina posted the highlights, I will throw down some pictures. 
Redvines, bukets full, or a bag full. 

So we went on the Jungle Cruise and listened to the same old jokes, but, this freaking lady thought it was hilarious, and I think she is ridiculous. 

RIGHT?
The whole trip was great, even though we had to leave by 9pm, no thanks to freaking grad night, they probably don't deserve such a sweet gift. 
she l-l- lick like a lollipop. 

I started face painting at sea world again on saturday, already I am covered in glitter, a playboy bunny tattoo, and a RATM tat that I made. 


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I've seen both sides to coffee
Posted on June 1, 2009 by Annie!

So the lady, who tried to cheat me out of money, and who cannot speak proper english, finally called me with the results.
No, not pregnancy test results or anything of that sort, but drug test results (much better.) 
I'm clean, just as I had suspected, and now I can finally work out a schedule for when I will work both jobs. The only thing I can hope is that I will not have an emotional breakdown from overworking myself, and from not giving myself enough time for jeff, gina, katy, janine and others.
But getting my job back as a "body artist" might be the break I so desperately need, even though I have to wear ugly clothes. 

Lately, for the past few weeks, I have been going into starbucks depressed because I do not want to be there and I do not want to go through the same daily routine. I'm tired of waking up so early that I have to consume excessive amounts of caffeine throughout the day to get me by, I know I could just nap, but I feel like I never have enough time. 
I feel like I can never say what I mean to stupid customers who give me attitude, even though they are wrong and I am right (happened again today) because of our stupid policies. yeah I know they exist with every company, but honestly, why do we have to kiss each others asses all the fucking time?
I cannot wear nail polish, it is such a small thing but I want the freedom to do it, and I try my best until my manager asks what is on my fingernails. I respond with, "nothing, I just dipped them in chocolate bitch." she backs off until next time.
I have been doing small things to entertain myself, like making mystery drinks with a bunch of syrup flavors and making my coworkers drink them. 
Also, I make rhyms for them.
Little things get me through my shifts. 
I've been looking on craigslist for new jobs, possibly one where I can make posters or design things, but a lot of them require a bit of experience in HTML and others. SO I am going to take a class at grossmont this coming semester, jeff seemed super excited, and I am to because I want to see how everything works.

I had coffee with Juan, as gina mentioned, and it reconfirmed our fading relationship.  I was kind of pessimistic about the thought of seeing him. I thought it was going to be just him and I, but no, he brought her, his best friend who I cannot stand. Although juan and I are in the stages of breaking up, I would have preferred to only see him. My eyes were getting heavy participating and listening to their conversation, maybe if I had gotten more sleep I would have cared about the conversations we had, but probably not. The whole time I was either judging Juans situation, going crazy with two powerful personalities or wishing I was hanging out with gina and natalie. I felt like a bitch the whole night because i've changed and they haven't and I feel like they might have left with the same feeling I had.
 
Happier note.
This was when Jeff and I went to little Italy. He got a few rolls of film developed, we got burritos, witnessed a giant tour guide with headsets, and hung out downtown.


Last night, Jeff and I went to Kensington, only to find the coffee shop we go to completely transformed into an empty, lighter, and artless place. But, I kind of miss the wall color and everything that fit between them. Now it is kind of dead. We walked around kensington in the cold, with good conversation, god it felt so good. Maybe because it reminded me of walking together in san francisco, but not as cold, as well as winter time. But it could be just walking outside in the evening in the cold because it reminds me of walking around balboa park with Jeff, as well, and the good memories of our first date. 

Which by the way...
Jeff and I have been dating for a little over One year now.
AHhhh I am SO SO Happy!
And for our anniversary we went to a Beautiful restaurant, got delicious gelato, went to the living room, then back to Jeffs house. 
I'm sure jeff will post with pictures soon and explain it better than I can.

Massive post, Over.

Two A's so far, waiting for two more. 
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Hello.
Posted on May 23, 2009 by Annie!
Wrote this last night, didn't get posted.
This is getting a little ridiculous now, my inactivity on webtape, but here, I will make up for it!
Prepare yourself:
 
Location: Bed
Music: Autolux/ Swim party
Lighting: poor
I don't really have much to say, I just need to update tonight. 

Okay, so one day I made a cake. My cousin thinks the cake is vegan but its actually came from a box, therefore, my cousin thinks I am an amazing baker. The first attempt at a vegan cake failed, but the mousse was a success, so that stayed. Jeff came over and he watched me make peanut butter cake, which is freaking amazing. We played bball fresh prince style and I watched him play pool with my little brother, while I had my feet in the pool, which was steaming!
Indian buffet later that night with Gina and katy, where I freaking enjoyed some rice pudding!
Results of my not so vegan greatness:

She will cut you, but she will try and make it as innocent as possible.

Side note: If there is a baby in the family, keep it away if you want attention on you and your new husb, 

000 For katy's birthday, Janine and I got her tickets to see the shins and the delta spirit at soma, where we were all packed like sardines. 

I don't even remember the day, maybe two weeks ago? I got to paint on my floor until 3:30 am again, while listening to Big sonic chill, then some sigur ros. I finally felt like I was able to concentrate on one thing, rather than school assignments (which usually comes before painting) work, and whatever things are crammed in there. I was going to write about it on here, but I was covered in paint.

I met a girl named crystal star haire. Yes, that is her real name. She is from Jersey, but her accent isn't so bad. she listens to swedish music and she is a graphic designer. Why she left her business to come and work at sea world as a face painter, I don't freaking know.

JEFF AND I ARE ALMOST A YEAR! Monday, Jeff and I had one of those, GIFLY nights, I mean, they all are, but sometimes it is just too good. And explosions in the sky was played, that was entertaining. We tried a new thai food place next to the golden dragon, the waiters winked at us when we drove past, so we gave in and went. It was cool because they had napkins that looked like a pair of long legs, placed in glasses. We also saw Gina at the living room, where she was overwhelmed by walk two moons and stuff other kid books. 

Tonight my family celebrated my brothers 25th birthday, I'm trying to figure out what age seems old to me. My oldest brother is going to be 27 in a few days, now that seems old to me, even though it's just a few years.  
Tonight I decided a peanut butter sandwich made with angle food  cake would make a delicious meal. 

Tonight I finished my final project for my computer art class, I felt like it has taken me a long time to do it. but here it is: I still have to make a portfolio for it all. 
I'm just trying to make a nice portfolio so I have something good to start with, Taking this computer art class has reconfirmed my want to be a graphic designer, I actually learned something, and I feel more familiar with the programs, opposed to last year.  
Does anyone have acrobat pro on their comp, that I can briefly use? I tried do dl it but they only had a windows version. 

Yes for tomorrow! Yes for monday!
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